Done by Uncle Putney About 1812, Ink Drawing of Bird in Tree with Pen and Poem handmade masonic dagger about to land

dagger about to land

but I think this just adds to their charm

I've bought and sold a handful of old treen apples

I really love the white head of the one pin stuck in it too

Done by Uncle Putney About 1812, Ink Drawing of Bird in Tree with Pen and Poem handmade masonic dagger about to landOn the back of this ink drawing of a lovely bird in tree with leafy branch in its beak and another tree at its tail; plume below and poem below that is a note that it was done by an Uncle Erson (?) Putney, c. 1812. I found it at an estate sale in Lunenberg, MA, which also included a fabulous collection of early mochaware (I coveted), the forget me nots I've listed, and some other wonderful antiques. I'll never resist an early ink drawing of a bird if